◆ I am a founder and an executive coach at Leadership Cooperative, a worker-owned collective dedicated to helping individuals and organizations across all sectors enhance their leadership, impact, and organizational effectiveness. I am also a new father, the former Executive Director of Character Lab, and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Character & Leadership Development (JCLD). I serve as the Chair of the Board of Directors for LeanLab Education and on the advisory boards of Behavioral Scientist and Purpose Commons. I also advise various K-12 research and development initiatives, including the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF).◆ I hold a Ph.D. in psychology and specialize in leadership development for social sector leaders. Mentored by some of the world’s top psychologists and experts in evidence-based behavior change, I take a client-led approach that fosters self-awareness and drives transformational change. During my tenure as Executive Director of Character Lab, we raised over $30M to fuel our mission to advance scientific insights to help kids thrive. I led a phenomenal team through the pandemic, reported to an incredible board of directors, and received mentorship from outstanding leaders, including co-founder Angela Duckworth (best-selling author of Grit) and board chair Luis von Ahn (CEO of Duolingo). I had the privilege of presenting to Bill Gates on how we built a fast, frictionless, and fruitful research platform that facilitated hundreds of studies, leading to dozens of publications in top-tier outlets like Nature and Science. Our research hasn’t died behind paywall journals: from TED-Ed videos, McGraw Hill Curriculum, and Kellogg’s Cornflakes boxes to partnerships with over a dozen leading organizations serving children—our work has reached millions of parents and educators worldwide.◆ Before my time as an academic and nonprofit leader, I gained my first leadership experience and character development in the military. My time in the U.S. Air Force included combat deployments in Afghanistan and training special forces in Jordan and England. I had the honor and privilege of attending special military training such as airborne, air assault, and survival school, as well as rappel master and fast rope master training.◆ A Cuban American from Miami, I completed my bachelor’s degree in psychology, master’s degrees in industrial and organizational psychology and teaching, and my Ph.D. in experimental psychology at the University of St. Andrews (Scotland).Email: sean@leadership-cooperative.com